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HYMENOPTERA :: Sphecidae

Sphecinae Latreille, 1802

Isodontia Patton, 1880

Sphex Linnaeus, 1758

Biology

Solitary, predatory wasps hunting Orthoptera and Blattodea.

Map

GBIF.org (4 February 2026) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.b2rkc5 and https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.fxt6r2

Sources


Barthélémy C & Guénard B. 2025. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Hong Kong aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoid wasps; Pompilioidea; Scolioidea; Thynnoidea; Tiphioidea; Vespoidea; Chrysidoidea). Insecta Mundi 1115: 1–230.


Broad G. & Barthelemy C. 2012. A new species of Hadrocryptus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae), with the first account of the biology for the genus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 1–47. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.24.1888

Funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund.  Alexey Reshchikov et al (2026) Hong Kong Wasps Project (HKWP). Retrieved at https://www.hkwasps.com
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